Flying Marshmallow
Photos of the kids growing up are some of the most important images you will ever take. Yesterday while packing some things with my son and grandson we came across a group of old family photo albums. In there were photos of myself at fifteen and another of my son at the same age. My grandson who is now fifteen looks remarkably like the two of us when those photographs were taken. Before seeing this I had no idea we were so much alike.
This young man’s image will be seen fifty years from now and he may reflect back on that camping trip as one of the best times of his life, a time with family without care or needs. The photographer used a flash to capture this likens. I like the natural un-staged expression. The tee shirt graphic helps add to the story of this outing.
There is a suggestion the photographer may want to consider. The flash was taken at night with a backdrop far enough away that none of the light was captured by the camera, leaving a solid black back ground. This resulted in the loss of definition between the boy’s dark hair and the dark environment. It would be nice to have a little separation between the two. At the same time no light reflected off the stick holding the marshmallow which looks like it is floating in space.
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August 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I liked the fact that you couldn’t see the stick into the marshmallow, however, I didn’t really notice that the back and upper part of his head look like their missing. This was just a candid shot in the dark on our Cub Scouts Father/Son Camp Out. Both my sons get a really BIG kick out of seeing their photo’s on your webpage!
Thanks
Ed